Bedstead



J. McALLAN. BEDSTEAD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-9.1919.

Patented Au 10,1920..

. a, J 1 a Wm W 0 W M M Mn @N entree srArss JAMES MCALLAN, 0F TORONTO,ONTARIO, CANADA.

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Application filed December 9, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

lie it known that I, Janus MGALLAN, residing at Toronto, in the countyof York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, have in vented certain newand useful Improvements in Bedsteads, of which the following is thespecification.

My invention relates to improvements in bedsteads and the object of t1 einvention is to devise a simple and cheap construction which may beeasily assembled and disassembled whenever desired with a minimum amountof labor and it consists essentially of the arrangement and constructionof parts as hereinafter more particularly explained.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of my bedstead.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged longitudinal sectional detail through the majorportion of the bedstead intermediately broken away of its length.

In the drawings like characters of reference indicate correspondingparts in each figure.

1 indicates the bed head and 2 the bed foot. The bed head 1 is providedwith the usual pillars 3 and a connected together by cross bars 5, 6, 7and 8. The foot 2 is provided with pillars 9 and 10 whichare connectedtogether by suitably arranged cross bars .11, 12, 13 and 14. The headand foot of the bed 1 and 2 are connected together by upper bars 15 and16 provided at one end with hooks l7 and 18 which rest upon the crossbar '7 and at the opposite end with hooks 19 and 20 which rest upon thecross bar 13. 21 and-22 are lower spacing bars extending longitudinallyof the bed and provided at one end with hooks 23 which rest upon thecross bar 8 and at the opposite end with hooks 24: which rest upon thecross bar 1 1.

Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 10, 1920.

Serial No. 343.526.

tangularbars which fit into the recesses of the hook brackets 25, 26, 27and 28. 31 is a woven wire mattress fabric which is secured at one endto the bar 29. 32 is a bar which is secured to the free end of themattress fabric 31 and extends crosswise of the bed. 33 are rodsprovided at their outer ends with threaded portions 34 (see F ig. 2) andtheir inner ends with flattened portions which are riveted to the crossbar 32. 36 are orifices which extend through the bar 30 and throughwhich the rods 33 extend. 37 are wing nuts which are screwed onto theouter ends of the rods 33 against the outer ends of the bar 30. Byscrewing up the wing nuts upon the rods 33 the free end of the mattressis drawn so as to stretch it, the opposite end of the mattress beingheld in a rigid position by the cross bar 29. In order to reinforce theedges of the mattress I rivet thin bars of metal 39 on to the upper faceof the mattress in proximity to its edge and similar bars 40 to thelower face of the mattress opposing the aforesaid bars. The bars 39 and10 are divided at 11 so as to allow of the free movement of the centralportion of the mattress, the divided ends of the bars being drawnslightly apart as the mattress is stretched by the tightening of thewing nuts 37.

From this description it will be seen that I have devised a very simpleform of bedstead which may be readily disassembled all that it isnecessary to do being to loosen the wing nuts 3?, the bars 29 and 30 arelifted out of engagement with the brackets 25 and 26 and 27 and 28thereby disengaging the mattress from the bed. The bars 21 and 22 and 15and 16 are then lifted out of engagement with the cross bars 8 and 7 and1 1 and 13 thereby separating the head and foot of the bed, 1 and 2respectively. The bed is then ready for shipment. In order to assemblethe bed the reverse of this operation is performed.

It will also be seen that by my construction I dispense with themattress frame which is usually employed thereby cheapening theconstruction.

That I claim as my invention is.

The combination with a bedstead, of a cross bar removably carried by thehead section of the bedstead, a second cross bar removably carried bythe foot section of the bedstead, a fabric mattress attached at oneendto said first-mentioned cross bar, a cross bar carried by the freeend of said fabric mattress and 'adjustably secured to said secondmentioned cross bar, and pairs of reinforcing bars extendinglongitudinally along the top and bottom of the mattress at the sideedges thereof the pairs of bars extending along each side edge of themattress being disposed on opposite sides of the transverse center-ofthe mattress, so as not to interfere with the stretching thereof.

1 JAMES MQALLAN.

